Dear Fundies: The Umpqua Community College Shooting Is Not About You DailyKos Exhibit B: Praying for the families of the Christian Martyrs in Oregon who were bold enough to confess Christ before a lawless lunatic with a gun. And that's INFURIATING. 1) For fundies to delight in Umpqua as just-what-happens-b/c-the-bible-says-we'll-be-persecuted! = a cop out. Even if shooter Chris Mercer killed people because they were Christian, that doesn't make Christians more prone to persecution, considering Dylann Roof targeted people of color; Elliot Rodger targeted women; Aaron Alexis targeted military personnel; Adam Lanza targeted elementary school kids; Wade Michael Page targeted Sikhs at their temple; James Holmes targeted action movie fans; and the list goes on.

5 wounded in shootings across Chicago since Thursday Chicago Tribune At least five people have been wounded, two critically, in shootings since Thursday afternoon, police said. The most recent shooting occurred at about 5 a.m. Friday, when a 34-year-old man was shot in Roseland

College gun attack in Oregon is 994th US mass shooting in three years PressTV Oct 2, 2015 The deadly rampage at Umpqua Community College on Thursday is the 294th mass shooting event in 2015, according to statistics collected by the website Shootingtracker.com, which defines a mass shooting where 4 or more people are shot. Since the 2012 massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, there have now been 994 such events resulting in roughly 1,236 deaths in the US.

British teen jailed for inciting terrorist attacks in Melbourne Australia PressTV The 15-year-old pleaded guilty to inciting an attack at this year's war memorial parade in Melbourne. His name has not been made public because of his age. youngest person to be found guilty of terrorism in Britain... life sentence with a minimum term of five year. accused of sending thousands of online messages to 18-year-old Australian Sevdet Besim, detailing him how to plot against Australian police officers during the parade. The boy was allegedly introduced to Besim by another Australian Abu Khaled al-Cambodi who had joined the terrorist group in Syria.

Sept 18 murder update Cops: Utah triple murder suspect said mom who wanted tenants evicted"made me do it" SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah triple murder suspect Alexander Hung Tran allegedly pointed a finger at his mother for the brutal killings, reports CBS affiliate KUTV. "made statements to them (detectives) about trying to blame his mother," Tran was charged with aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of three people inside a Salt Lake City home. after putting down gun, said "If I think this is my mom's fault and that she should be here instead, is there anything I can do? She made me do it. I'm not saying I didn't do it." The probable cause statement said Tran's mother bought a home, only to be told that "a man, woman, and two children were staying in the upstairs portion of the house." His mother was reportedly planning to start an eviction case.

A 15-year old boy of Iraqi-Kurdish background immigrant from Iran shoots and kills Curtis Cheng a civilian NSW Police employee outside the NSW Police headquarters in Parramatta, Sydney after visiting a local mosque. The incident is labelled as a politically motivated terrorist attack.(Daily Telegraph) Victim identified as Curtis Cheng — (likely Chinese) father of two and 17-year veteran of the police force who worked in finance 15-year-old gunman of Iraqi-Kurdish background and born in Iran had visited Parramatta Mosque before shooting rampage NSW Police commissioner Andrew Scipione: Attack was ‘politically motivated and therefore linked to terrorism’ THE gunman who shot dead a police staffer was a 15-year-old who had visited Parramatta Mosque on his way to commit murder. Teenager was a naturalised Australian of Iraqi-Kurdish background who arrived with his family from Iran. Walked to the police headquarters in Charles Street from his home in north Parramatta before opening fire on a civilian police employee. The victim was identified as Curtis Cheng, a 17-year veteran of the police finance department.

October 1, 2015Police Searching in Jordan for White Suspect in Chaska Shooting couple in home KSTP.com‎ injured, suspect sought. Police are continuing their search Friday morning for a 39-year-old man accused of shooting two people at a home in Chaska. before 10 p.m. Thursday a man and a woman were shot at a home... The shooter ran from the home.. police identified the suspect as Joshua Lee Gilpin. He's a 5-foot-11-inch tall white man and weighs about 200 pounds

October 1, 20153 dead, 1 injured in shooting in Inglis FOX 13 News, Tampa Bay INGLIS (FOX 13) - One person continues to fight for his life Friday morning, but three others are dead following a tragic shooting in north Florida Thursday evening. Deputies said it ... That's when officials say Tyson turned the gun on him, and killed ...

Rite Aid pharmacy robbed by 3 men in Bellevue three men on video spotted responsible for robbing a Rite Aid pharmacy at Factoria Square Mall in Bellevue. Police said the men entered the store about 8:53 p.m. Sunday and then accessed the pharmacy by reaching behind the counter and opening the door. Once in ...

April 14, 2015 body found Charge in Stillwater homicide is now first-degree charges against a homeless former Stillwater man accused of killing a friend who took him in have been elevated to first-degree murder. Nathan Nigel Anthony Eldredge, 25, was arrested April 17 in Illinois, three days after Nils Johnson's body was found in Johnson's Oak Park Heights home.

October 19, 2014 Palestinian Child Killed by Israeli Settler in Hit and Run Israeli settler ran over 2 Palestinian girls with a car in the West Bank. Five year-old Enas Khalil died after an Israeli settler hit the Palestinian girl with his car in the town of Sinjil, near Ramallah Sunday... settler fled the scene after the incident.

Sept 22, 2014 oct 1 2015 sentence Tacoma man gets 20 years for fatal dispute over portable speaker A Tacoma man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for stabbing a man to death during a dispute over a portable speaker. The News Tribune reports that 39-year-old Marcus Thornton was sentenced in Pierce County Superior Court on Thursday. Prosecutors say Thornton stabbed 35-year-old John Scott Ware Jr. to death in September 2014 because he thought the other man had stolen a speaker from him. Eleventh Tacoma Homicide of 2014 tacomastories.com Sep 26, 2014 - Two weeks ago a portable speaker was stolen from a 38-year-old man. For reasons unknown, he blamed 35-year-old John Scott Ware Jr. Victim was walking when a man started following him on a bicycle, confronted John, knocked John to the ground and stabbed him repeatedly while asking him to beg for his life. Cover story for terrorist attack?

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Hero emerges from Oregon college shooting CBS News Heroes and survivors are emerging from Thursday's mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon that killed 10, including the gunman, and critically injured seven others, reports CBS News correspondent Mireya Villareal. 29 Photos ...

DuPont to pay $724000 for fatal explosion The News Journal DuPont will pay a $724,000 fine to settle allegations surrounding a 2010 fire and explosion that killed a worker at its Tonawanda, New York plant near Buffalo.

Arrest made in fatal Buckhead shooting
WXIA-TV ATLANTA (WXIA) -- An overnight shooting in Buckhead between co-workers left one man dead and the second one behind bars. The victim was shot multiple times, but what was most surprising for others who work in the building was that the shooting ...

Russian warplanes bomb ISIS targets, activists say CBS News Syrian anti-government activists said Russian warplanes carried out a third day of airstrikes Friday, possibly hitting targets held by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, for the first time.

Roseburg had school shooting in 2006 USA TODAY Roseburg, Ore., where 13 people were killed and 20 others injured at Umpqua Community College Thursday, was the scene of another, albeit far less deadly, school shooting in February 2006. That's when 14-year-old Vincent Leodoro walked into Roseburg ...